News
Stay informed on the latest developments in the field of IP, our new publications, upcoming webinars and training events by subscribing to our weekly newsletter sent on Tuesdays.
Newsletter archive | Bulletin archive
| Date | Title | Extract |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, 10.01.2017 | The 2017 euRobotics Technology Transfer Award | Successful technology transfer describes the process of converting scientific findings from research laboratories into innovative products, processes and services by the commercial sector. During... |
| Tuesday, 10.01.2017 | 11th edition of the Nice Classification | The 11th edition of the Nice Classification system entered into force on January 1. The Nice Classification is a system used to classify goods and services for the registration of trade marks. Under... |
| Tuesday, 03.01.2017 | Improved image recognition in eSearch plus | eSearch plus is the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s most popular database allowing users to search for European Union trade marks and registered community designs. In November... |
| Tuesday, 03.01.2017 | New Guidelines for Examination of EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs | The first part of the revised European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Guidelines has been adopted and will enter into force on February 1, 2017. These Guidelines, which reflect EUIPO's... |
| Tuesday, 03.01.2017 | TECNIOspring PLUS 1st call for proposals is open! | ACCIÓ (the Catalan Agency for Business Competitiveness) opened the 1st call of the TECNIOspring PLUS programme, which will close on February 1, 2017. TECNIOspring PLUS is a mobility programme co-... |
| Tuesday, 13.12.2016 | Horizon 2020: updated annotated model grant agreement available | An updated version of the annotated model grant agreement for projects financed within the Horizon 2020 framework programme has just been published. The full text of the document is available here. |
| Tuesday, 13.12.2016 | Standardisation and patents: two new EC studies | The European Commission has published two studies on the interplay between standardisation and patents. The first study focuses on issues and solutions related to standard essential patents (SEPs)... |
| Tuesday, 06.12.2016 | The negative economic effect of counterfeit and pirated goods across the EU | Although the negative economic effect of fake and pirated goods lasts all year around, reflecting on counterfeiting and its negative consequences becomes crucial with the festive season approaching,... |
| Tuesday, 06.12.2016 | The DesignEuropa Awards: the winners | The DesignEuropa Awards ceremony, organised by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, took place on 30th November in Milan.These awards celebrate excellence in design and design management... |
| Tuesday, 29.11.2016 | The second monitoring report on Horizon 2020 | The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research and Innovation has published the second monitoring report on the activities, results and impacts of the Horizon 2020 funding programme. The... |
| Tuesday, 29.11.2016 | UK to proceed with the preparations to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement | The UK Minister of State for Intellectual Property, Baroness Neville Rolfe, has confirmed that the UK will continue with preparations for ratification over the coming months to bring the Unified... |
| Monday, 28.11.2016 | Boosting the start-ups in Europe: The Commission’s Start-up and Scale-up Initiative | The European Commission has released a communication to foster European start-ups and scale-ups to make them become Europe’s next leaders. The Commission's “Start-up and Scale-up Initiative” brings... |
| Tuesday, 22.11.2016 | On-site Helpline Hours in Brussels in December | European IPR Helpdesk welcomes you to the "Helpline Hours" in Brussels First-line support on Intellectual Property Management Once again, we are looking forward to meeting you in our... |
| Tuesday, 22.11.2016 | JRC study on Patent Assertion Entities in Europe | Patent assertion is known as enforcement of a patent providing effective patent monetisation options for the patent owners from licensing activities. It has become a common practice in shaping the... |
| Tuesday, 15.11.2016 | Commission notice on certain articles of the Biotech Directive | The European Commission has recently adopted a notice clarifying certain articles of Directive 98/44 on the protection of biotechnical inventions. The Directive focuses on patenting in the biotech... |
| Tuesday, 08.11.2016 | EuKTS certification for knowledge transfer professionals | The European Knowledge and Technology Transfer Society (EuKTS) has launched its certification programme aiming to raise the standard and recognition of knowledge transfer professionals throughout... |
| Tuesday, 08.11.2016 | WIPO develops cutting-edge translation tool for patent documents | World Intellectual Property Organization’s WIPO Translate tool now incorporates a ground-breaking neural machine translation technology which allows the rendering of highly technical patent documents... |
| Tuesday, 25.10.2016 | IPR-intensive industries and economic performance in the European Union | A new study carried out by the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights and the European Patent Office provide an updated assessment of the contribution to the economies... |
| Thursday, 20.10.2016 | European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin Issue (23) | We are pleased to inform you that Issue 23 of the European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin has been published and is now available online. This Bulletin issue is largely dedicated to patents as competitive... |
| Tuesday, 18.10.2016 | The DesignEuropa Awards finalists announced | The finalists of the first DesignEuropa Awards were revealed yesterday by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for the Industry and Small and Emerging Companies categories. ... |